Sometimes you are immersed in something like religion, politics or a hobby and you think you knew it all and then - you learn something new. Until his death, I was unaware that Senator Jesse Helms was an enthusiast of coin collecting. I knew about his checkered past in opposition to the Civil Rights movement (would the liberal media ever let us forget?) as a Dixiecrat and I knew how he and former Senator Rod Grams of Minnesota often voted the same way and that he liked gospel singing but I was unaware of his interest in coin collecting. It just goes to show how some people are not the 2 dimensional, cardboard cutouts we are led to believe they are. You learn something new every day!
Jim
Pro-Coinage Senator Dies at 86
 | By July 10, 2008 |
Jesse Helms, the five-term iconoclast senator from North Carolina who earned the sobriquet "Senator No" died on July 4 in his native Raleigh, N.C. He was 86 years of age and had been in ill health since his decision to decline re-election in 2002.
Helms was known for often saying "yes" to numismatics. He had a surprisingly active career involving numismatics, especially gold and commemorative coinage. A listing of his numismatic-sponsored legislation takes up 11 pages of text and almost four thousand words of explanation.
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